The temporal trend of cause-specific mortality: comparing Estonia and Lithuania, 2001 - 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite being two Baltic countries with similar histories, Estonia and Lithuania have diverged in life expectancy trends in recent years. We investigated this divergence by comparing cause-specific mortality trends.

Methods

We obtained yearly mortality data for individuals 20 + years of age from 2001-2019 (19 years worth of data) through Statistics Lithuania, the Lithuanian Institute for Hygiene, and the National Institute for Health Development (Estonia). Using ICD-10 codes, we analyzed all-cause mortality rates and created eight major disease categories: ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, all other cardiovascular disease, cancers (neoplasms), digestive diseases, self-harm and interpersonal violence, unintentional injuries and related conditions, an

SUBMITTER: Tran A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9618211 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature